Eduregion

During the implementation period, from September 2024 to August 2025, the consortium will:

-          Analyse the current situation in the Danube region countries regarding the internationalisation of education and their strengths and weaknesses as destinations for international students;

-          Identify support mechanisms to improve the educational offer and increase regional cooperation;

-          Identify joint collaboration opportunities that would increase the value proposition for international students and researchers;

-          Explore opportunities for joint promotion of the region in the global market;

-          Prepare a report on brain circulation in the region and organise a stakeholder consultation.

These activities should lead to the development of a future joint project with additional partners that aims to contribute to the region’s competitiveness as well as to help promote positive brain circulation mechanisms across the region, thus mitigating negative migration trends. The total budget of the SMF project is €119,999, out of which €95,999 comes from Interreg funds.

This project is supported by the Interreg Danube Region Programme co-funded by the European Union.

January 23rd – Eduregion project Kick-off meeting in Belgrade

The official project kick-off meeting with the participation of all project partners was held today in Belgrade at the Foundation Tempus’ premises. The partners discussed the project goals and implementation rules, and organised several sessions to develop the initial strategies for implementing the work packages and initiate the concept documents for the deliverables.

June 25th – Eduregion consortium meeting in Bucharest

Eduregion consortium meeting was held at the Parliament Hotel in Bucharest. The consortium partners discussed the final proposals for the project deliverables and how the proposed activities of the new project fit into the objectives of the Danube Region Programme 3rd call that will be launched soon. The meeting also served as the final preparation for the stakeholder consultation event that will be held on the next day.

June 27th – Eduregion presented to stakeholders at stakeholder conference in Bucharest

The outcomes of the Eduregion project were presented to stakeholders from Romania, Serbia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine at the international Danube+ Cooperation conference, held on 26–27 June in Bucharest, Romania. The stakeholders were interested in joining the proposed future initiative with a regional hub and provided their feedback on key issues through a structured consultative process. This input will feed into the final version of the project proposal, to be completed by the end of August.

August 29 – Eduregion seed phase completed, new project expected

The seed phase of the Eduregion project is now over and all deliverables have been successfully completed. A new project proposal for the development of a regional hub that would support the internationalisation of higher education has been finalised and it is expected to be submitted for funding under the next call of the Danube Region Programme, which will open soon.